The 98-88 scoreline does not do justice to the close nature of play.
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Boomers guard Patty Mills tries to get past American rival Kyrie Irving.
The United States continued to add to their medal collection on Wednesday when two gold, three silver and one bronze gave Team USA 32 medals overall in the Olympics.
NBA star Paul George has branded the Australian basketball team “dirty” after U.S. beat the Boomers on Thursday.
Anthony moved past LeBron James as the USA career leader in Olympic scoring and did it quickly, using a hot start to make up the 11-point advantage James had entering the game. At 5:10, DeMarcus Cousins scored 9 points to give the United States of America a lead of 13 – 4.
He averages 25.7 points per game four years after he finished the London Olympics as the most prolific scorer with 21.2 points per game.
But Mills will trade any individual statistics for the chance to chase a medal.
They discuss the situation in Rio, trying to get to the various events and practices.
“The match is a big picture of why we are here”.
“We want to win”, Anthony said, via USAToday’s Sam Amick.
“They’re a very talented, very athletic and long team and they’re No.1 in the world for a reason”.
They played their first game against China on Saturday 6th August 2016 and emerged victorious with the total of 119 – 62 points.
It was clear by halftime, if you had any doubts, that Australia felt like they belonged.
Then they talk about some of the other sports they’ve been able to check out while they’re in Rio and how the USA Basketball team is just as star struck with some of the other super athletes as folks are to them.
“It got real”, Paul George said. It was an adjustment for us.
Earlier on Wednesday, San Antonio Spurs National Basketball Association (NBA) star Tony Parker hit the game-winning shot with 31 seconds remaining to lift France to a thrilling 76-75 win over Serbia.
As Team USA improves to 3-0 in Olympic competition thus far, this latest win didn’t exactly come in the same fashion as the previous two. He’s the leader on this team and we have a leader like that that’s going to leave it all on the floor, no matter what possession is going on throughout the game.
Anthony, who started the game 11 points shy of LeBron James’ record of 273 points, quickly matched that by making four of his first five shots, including his team’s first nine points on three three-pointers.
The U.S. achieved victories over China and Venezuela prior to their contest against Australia.
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In a match-up between two undefeated teams, Australia led by five points at half-time and pushed U.S. all the way, trailing by as few as five points with 1:20 remaining before the gold medal favourites pulled away. We beat a heck of a team tonight.
